LIVE COVERAGE: Doomben 10 August

8 August 2019

The city meets the country this Saturday at Doomben for the Queensland Country Life Raceday. Funds raised on the day will be distributed to the Queensland Country Women's Association, which is recognised as the one of the main sources of aid in times of natural disasters throughout Queensland.

Follow our live blog for all the comments from jockeys and trainers, photos and race replays from all nine races on the card.

Race 1 - 11:28AM TAB OPEN Handicap (2200 METRES)

1st - Calypso Bay - John Manzelmann - Ron Stewart

2nd - Harper's Choice - Gerald Ryan - Michael Cahill

3rd - Exoteric - Chris Waller - Ryan Maloney

Trainer - John Manzelmann

"It's always a huge thrill to win in town, I was expecting this horse to be competitive today, but we certainly didn't expect a win."

"He had a good run at Townsville and Steele Ryan approached me and asked me if I wanted to buy him and I thought he'd be a good horse at Cairns so said why not and now we've got a city winner."

"We came for the Country Highway Classic, to get a win here is a bonus, unfortunately I didn't have anything on at the $93."

Jockey - Ron Stewart

"John hasn't had the horse for long so he left things up to me and I think we were both pleasantly surprised with the result."

"We were able to tuck away out of the wind for most of the run which was probably a factor and he travelled up beautifully on the turn."

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"I didn't think there would be much pressure in the race and it would have suited All Important better, but Robbie Fradd was up there on the speed three-wide which switched things up."

"It set it up for something to come from behind and he's always looked better than a No Metro Win horse, and rated nicely by Ryan today he was too good."

"We spoke about taking short cuts in the straight rather than cricling the field, you can't take off early and expect to circle them at Doomben you've got to take the gaps and Ryan did it brilliantly."

Jockey - Ryan Maloney

"Everything panned out perfect, he can be a bit tardy out of the gates but he jumped out beautifully and rather than sit three or four deep we just tucked in one off in the second half of the field."

"I just had to wait on the run but when it came he got to them in and flash and put it to bed fairly easily."

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